Poppy Day fundraising boosts Wilmette Legion support
The American Legion Wilmette Post 46 reports a successful Poppy Day with poppies exhausted by 10 am and rail line cooperation. The drive raised 433.70 dollars for future relief, hospitalization, and child welfare programs, aided by the post auxiliary and local volunteers. A detailed financial statement will appear next week.
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Wilmette Post
United States of America
Constitution of the
American Legion
Wilmette
Legion and Auxiliary
Topp
Legion
Hanna
Ambo
Harry Hopp
Auxiliary
Wilmette Life
Glencoe Chemist Named Public Health Research Fellow
Arthur L. Fox, a 1923 University of Illinois chemistry graduate and longtime chemist with Chemistry Evans, has been appointed a Research Fellow at the Public Health Institute. He will work on mercurial compounds at Northwestern University.
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Arthur L. Fox
Glencoe
Evan
University of Illinois
Evans
Pub. Health Institute
Northwestern University
Telephones Growth In United States 1917 to 1922
Population based study by the Commerce Department shows telephone growth from 11,716,520 in 1917 to 14,347,395 in 1922. Bell systems rise from 7,326,858 to 9,514,813 with non Bell lines also increasing.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Bell
Telephone counts rise in Illinois from 1917 to 1922
In Illinois the telephone system grew from 1,070,997 telephones on December 31, 1917 to 1,283,449 by December 31, 1922, with national totals increasing from 4,389,662 to 4,832,582.
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Illinois
Electricity costs and savings in U S lighting in 1907 era
The 1907 cost for electricity to light the United States was 175 million dollars. Last year the cost rose to three times that amount while usage for lighting grew thirteenfold. The result is a potential saving of about a billion and a half dollars annually in lighting costs versus the 1907 baseline.
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United States
Charles A. Coffin
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